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Sup. Chris Daly’s proposal for a progressive primary -- and his pledge for candidates who want to participate -- is starting to get attention in the mainstream media. The Chron had an item on it that, not surprisingly, makes it look like some sort of commie-style litmus test. (“I pledge allegiance to the Progressives,” the headline read. And even by Chron standards, the comments were pretty harsh.)Read more »

John Mark Karr, who falsely confessed to the murder of JonBenet Ramsey in 1996, is back the news. This time, he is the subject of, "an unofficial nationwide manhunt," in the face of allegations that he, "has been trying to create a cult of JonBenet Ramsey lookalikes he is calling 'the Immaculates' — blond girls as young as 4 years old with small feet — and has been threatening harm to one of the girls, whom he used to recruit others and who escaped from his influence." Yikes! And the topper: Karr claims to have had sex reassignment surgery within the past two years.

It was a true honor -- nay, a true honor and a privilege -- to participate in SFist's great "will blog for food" guest-writer program, Day Around the Bay, this evening. Check it out, and inundate SFist editor Brock with requests that he guest-write my Super Ego nightlife column. (He will mention drinks with chic lesbians at Orson.)

Today Tim and Johnny talk about all the nutty candidates that the Republican party will be fielding in the fall, from Nevada to Kentucky -- and how that will alter the midterm elections. Listen after the jumpRead more »

Thus intones Dave Brock on "Orgone Accumulator," an ass-kicking Rube Goldberg-device of a space rock staple, and to this day the final word on the science of orgone accumulation. But Brock just as well might have been describing his immortal Hawkwind, and its 30-plus-year legacy of melting brains.Read more »

Love and loss and an unfaltering creative spirit appear to inform Elisa Randazzo’s new album, Bruises and Butterflies (Drag City). Her marriage to ex- Josh Schwartz, once of Beachwood Sparks and her partner in Fairechild, may be over, but Randazzo has found plenty of other talents to commune with. Read more »

The slow sweep of summer break, sunlit days that yawn out into infinity, and the pock of a single snare -- those are some of the sleepy, sweet vibes coming off Woods’ At Echo Lake (Woodsist). Read more »

Beth Spotswood has a very funny piece on SF Appeal about Channel 7 news reporter Dan Noyes and a very odd press flak at Laguna Honda who keeps trying to feel up Noyes's shoulder. Over and over again, until Noyes finally slaps his hand away. Then the guy tries to do it again.Read more »

In today's installment, Johnny and Tim talk about Meg Whitman's precipitous poll collapse -- and the Senate race in Kentucky, which could turn out to be one of the wildest in years. Will mainstream Republicans actually get behind a guy who doesn't support the Civil Rights Act? Read more »

The pies that fly out of the oven at Oakland's Boot and Shoe Service make other dough-marinara-cheese combinations look flat and lame. Crispy, brick oven-fired crust, organic toppings and loads of flavor are partly responsible for the prized pizza goodness, but it's also the layers of love baked into every bite.Read more »

All week, I've been talking to people who are getting together to oppose Prop. 16, the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.-bankrolled ballot measure that seeks to kill community choice aggregation by launching a deceptive, $35 million campaign to alter the state constitution by requiring a two-thirds vote before local government could move forward with an alternative energy program. Read more »